Nuclear Meltdown

How To Survive A Nuclear Meltdown

Posted 03.11.2012

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You're riding your bike to a Cub Scout meeting. Or maybe Dad is cooking hot dogs out for a picnic. And then suddenly, BOOM, it's a nuclear nightma...

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Scientists Gauge Environmental Threats To Nuclear Power In The Wake Of Fukushima

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A year after a 30-foot tsunami ravaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, some scientists say regulators underestimate ...

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Reminders of the Risks of Nuclear Power Come From Past/Present, Near/Far

Patrick Geans-Ali | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Nuclear Safety, Michigan Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plants, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Meltdown, Detroit News

As we come up on the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster in Japan, we should also keep in mind reminders about the potentially grave risks inherent to nuclear facilities closer to home.

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Do You Speak 'Nukespeak'?

Posted 12.16.2011

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What sort of future does nuclear technology have in the United States? The answers to this and other questions form an important part of a new book, "...

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25 Years After Chernobyl, Russia and Belarus Still Don't Get It

Rep. Dan Burton | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Russia, Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi, Belarus, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Meltdown, World News

In the memory of all those who suffered in the Chernobyl accident 25 years ago, Russia and Belarus must be made to understand: the world is watching.

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Frightening New Details Emerge As Japan's Nuclear Plant Undergoes UN Probe

AP | MALCOLM FOSTER and MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 07.24.2011

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TOKYO — A major international mission to investigate Japan's flooded, radiation-leaking nuclear complex began as new information suggested that ...

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Japan's Radiation Contamination Protocols Align With Old Testament Laws

Roger Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radiation Poisoning, Ark of the Testimony, Nuclear Reactors, Talking With God, Japan, Radiation, Old Testament Laws, Ark of the Covenant, Nuclear Meltdown, Religion News

The confluence of events in Japan has created a horrific event of biblical proportions. As keepers of the highly radioactive Ark of the Covenant, Moses and Aaron would agree: screen, cleanse, isolate.

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A U.S. Health Meltdown Over Japan's Nuclear Crisis

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Far too many people are worrying themselves sick over the remote possibility that they and their families might be exposed to massive amounts of radiation from Japan.

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Japan Military Helicopters Dump Seawater On Nuclear Reactor

AP/The Huffington Post | By ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

ZAO, Japan -- Japanese military helicopters dumped loads of seawater onto a stricken nuclear reactor Thursday, trying to avoid full meltdowns as plant...

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Swept Away: Watching Japan

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake Survivors, Japan Earthquake, Tokyo Electric Power, Japan Tsunami 2011, Fukushima, Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Radiation, Japan, Nuclear Meltdown, World News

Nothing bright and witty today. Nothing sharp and clever. Nothing with a sarcastic edge, or a skeptical bite. No political points whatsoever. Just sadness -- deep, deep sadness.

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Japan's Nuclear Tremors After Quake

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fukushima, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Daiichi, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Energy, Japan, Nuclear Meltdown, Three Mile Island, World News

The unfolding nuclear crisis will shake public confidence in the safety of nuclear power both in Japan and abroad. Japan will also face other, longer-term political and economic costs.

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Chernobyl-Like Disaster Unlikely

Reuters | Fredrik Dahl/Michael Shields | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Reuters) - The nuclear crisis in Japan is unlikely to turn into another Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident, the head of the United Nat...

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Obama Administration, Senators Stand Behind Nuclear Power Amid Meltdown Scare In Japan

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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With additional reporting by Sam Stein UPDATE: A spokesman for the Obama administration told the Huffington Post on Sunday that the president was w...

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Japan Earthquake 2011: Nuclear Meltdown Looms As New Threat

AP | ERIC TALMADGE and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

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IWAKI, Japan -- A partial meltdown was likely under way at a second nuclear reactor, a top Japanese official said Sunday, as authorities frantically t...

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More Earthquakes Rock Japan

AP/The Huffington Post | By JAY ALABASTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake 2011, New Zealand, Earthquake, Sendai-Earthquake-2011, Tokyo, Christchurch Earthquake, Sendai, Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, Aftershock, Japan Tsunami, Nuclear Power Plants, Japan Tsunami 2011, Christchurch, Nuclear-Meltdown, Japan, World News

SENDAI, Japan -- Huge earthquakes rocked northeastern Japan on Saturday, a day after a giant temblor set off a powerful tsunami that killed hundreds o...

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Green News Report - July 14, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Power, Swine Flu, Renewable Energy, Pollution, Coal, Los Angeles, Coal-Fired Plants, Recycling, Bush Administration, Smog, Recycled Materials, China Energy, Sustainability, Nuclear-Meltdown, Sustainable Seafood, China, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Bush smacked down on smog; Texans told to conserve; Naked & recycled .... PLUS: The 50th Anniversary of the nation's first...

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Sierra Club RAW: Last Week's Campaign McMeltdown

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Mccain Sturgis, John McCain, Enrico Fermi Generating Station, Nuclear Power, Mccain Gaffes, No Nukes Campaign, China Syndrome, Sierra Club, Move On, Three Mile Island, Nuclear Meltdown, Exxonmccain, Green News

The McCain campaign visited the Enrico Fermi nuclear generating station in Michigan -- the site of a 1966 partial meltdown that resulted in the coining of the phrase "China Syndrome."

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